Improvement in fences



i l WILLIAM ALT @anni duid.

IGK` ANDFRANKLIN P. cnIMns, or DAYTON ro WrLsoN e cernes, or SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 11A2\,672,dated March 14, 1871.

` IMPaovsMEN-r IN FENess.v

` The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and making` part of the same.

` 4To all fwltom 'tt 'mayconcern.-`

` a Be it knownV that"weW1LLIAM ALTIGK and `linAnKLnr `P. Gnmnsof Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and in the State `of Ohio, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Fences; and` do hereby declare' that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,'reference being had to the `accompanying'"drawing making a pai-tof i this specification, in which-` Figure l is a sideelevation of a section of our im# proved fence; i

Figure 2is a plan` view ofthe upper side of the same;

Figures 3 and 4 are elevations of the inner sides y of anordinary and. a'cornerpost, respectively; and

` Figure 5 is a perspective view of au adjustable clip for use inseeurihg boardsilflposition between the posts. j p

Letters of likcname and kind refer to like parts `in each of the ligures.- i

Our invention is au improvement in so-called wirei fences; 'and It consists, principally, in the peculiar construction of the posts, whereby,`wheu in use, they Vare moreirmly` held in a vertical position, substantially as is hereinafter specified.`

It also consists in the adjustable clips employed for securing-in horizontal position between the posts, `a strip of aboard, substantially as is hereinaftrshown and described.

In' the annexed drawing- Areprescnts a'lnetal post, having a regularly in`- `creasing size from its upperto itslowerend, at which latter point is secured a horizontal cross-bar, B, which projects outward to qual `distances from opposite ysdesof said post. i

Secured tooppositesides, and at the endsof the cross-har B, are two-fiat wedge-shaped pieces C, ar-Y 1 ranged with, their transverselength at a right angle to the lineof said bar,1fron1 which said pieces extend l. "vertically downward to such a .distance as `it is intended the posts shall be placed within the ground. j

As thus constructedthe post is ready for zuse, and

. may readilybe driven into theground by a few blows `from 1a .mallet upon the upper ends of the verticalpieces O, and `when in plaeewith `the upper side of -the'cross-bar-B, even with the surface of the ground, and placed at iight-angles 'to `the line-ot' the fence, `said'postjisable to withstand without displacement, `a `horizontal strain sufficient to overthrow any 'felice `ofordinaryconstruction. i y

` It will be observed that; theafsides oi' vthe bottom l pieces Gare parallelwiththe line of thegfence, and

the posts are more than ordinarily rigid, as they not only have twice the usual bearing-surface within the ground, but the bottom pieces are spread by the cross-bar B, so as to increase the breadth of base in said direction.;

For use at corners it maybe desirable to extend the lower end ofthe post downward, so as to form one of the bottom pieces,-O and to extend the crossbar B outward from one side only, so as 'to give the form shown in fig. 4, in which event said post should be placed with the cross-bar B 'projecting diagonally inside ofv the inclosure, as thereby the post is enabled to more eiectually resist the peculiar strain thrown upon such portions of the fence. t As in' other fences of this class, the posts support a number :of horizontal wires, D, which are secured thereon at cquidistant points from each other and from the ground, and in order that said wires may be more easily adjusted to and heldin position,and at the same time the cost of constructing ,the post lesscned, a series of notches, a, is cntv within one side of each post, at suitable points to receive said wires, the latter of which should he passed once around said ,post in order to securethe greatest vpossible strength to the fence. f

It may, however, bef found desirable to pass the wiresaround each alternate post only, in which event the notchesshoild either incline upward or downward, as shown in fig. 3.

For use in places where small animals are kept it may be desirable' to more efieetually close the lower part of the fence, which result is obtained in the following manner:

A clip, E, formed of' a strip of sheet metal, with its sides turned upward in parallel lines, is placed upon the inner face of the post near theground, and se cured in position by means of wires passing around itsA ends `and 'around said post, which wiresfif de sired, may be those used for forming the panels of the fence. p

As'thus arranged, -a strip of board, corresponding v,in length to the space between two posts, may be secured in a vertical positi0n,`transversely, by having its ends slipped into thespacel between the upturned sides of the clips; and in winter, or when not needed, said board may as quickly and readily be rcmoved from said fence. l v v The especial advantages claimed for this fence are omo, Assrcnons zontal board, substantially as and for the purpose shown. L

In testimony that We claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of January, 1871.

WILLIAM ALTIOK. F. P. GRIMES.

Witnesses;

WARREN MUNGER, Jr., WM. H.v SIGMAN. 

